Storm couldn’t sit still long enough to think after
she took her shower and found herself wandering down the hall into the infamous
couple of Remy and Hayley holding hands with Jordan. She moved quicker seeing Hayley on her feet and wondered if they
knew anything about Justice.
“Gambit,” Storm called and all three
turned around. “Have you heard
anything?”
He shook his head and lifted Jordan’s
hand and gestured down the hall, “We going to check on him but we have to take
Imp to Rogue.”
Imp sighed loudly and Ororo looked at a
uncharacteristically quiet Hayley, “I see Reg did a fine job of healing you,”
she smiled at the solemn looking Adams.
Hayley nodded and Remy pulled her closer
and as Hayley put her head on his chest Ororo realized something was amiss.
“Are you still ill?”
Remy cleared his throat, “She’s human
now, Storm.” He met Storm’s eyes but
Hayley looked at her feet.
Imp rolled her eyes up to her Aunt much
in a fashion her father would, “Normal?”
Remy knelt down to meet the child’s
questions feeling very protective of Hayley and her family, “She can’t read
minds or use her fire.” He explained to
the angelic angel with the mischievous twinkle in her eyes.
Jordan looked to her Aunt for confirmation
but Hayley merely nodded, “how are you going to protect your little girl? Or me?”
Imp crossed her arms.
Storm laughed, “You think she’s having a
girl?”
Imp smiled, “I know it’s a girl.”
Hayley looked at Imp a little amused now,
“you’re something kid.”
“Yes, I am really smart.” Imp said.
Hayley watched Remy’s face as he smiled
back at her with the news. Hayley’s
sight went to the figure wandering down the hall to them.
Remy looked up to see Logan interrupting
the news and almost scowled but Logan’s attention was on his sister in law.
Wolverine cocked a grin at Hayley and
plucked his cigar from his mouth, “You look better kid.”
Hayley smiled, looked down, took Imp’s
hand and strolled away.
“She all right?” Logan said quietly but looked at Remy accusingly.
It was Storm who jumped to his defense,
“Hayley has lost her mutant ability.”
“Not surprisin’,” Logan shrugged his
shoulders, “Alex lost hers.”
“Dis hurts her, Logan,” Remy sighed.
“She’s dependent on it Cajun, but she can
protect herself in other ways,” Logan looked Remy up and down, “Won’t stop her
fighting ability.”
“I think it is the telepathy link she
misses with her siblings, Logan,” Storm sighed.
“She’ll get used to it,” Logan snorted,
“she ain’t going to Magneto and asking for it back.”
Remy narrowed his eyes, “It’d be de same
t’ing as takin’ your claws an healin’ ability.”
“Yeah, so I’d fight smart or not fight,”
Logan grunted and sucked on his cigar.
“Think you can tame her enough not to fight, Gumbo?” Wolverine scoffed at Remy once again feeling
the competition for his ex and to prove who understood her better.
Storm cleared her throat, “I was
wondering if anybody had heard how Justice is doing?”
“We were coming to ask you if wanted to
go check on Justice,” Remy looked o Storm.
“Bobby tol’ us dat he was in surgery.”
“Is that where Al is?” Logan sighed.
Remy nodded seeing Hayley down the hall
at Rogue’s door. Hayley hugged the
child as she watched Imp go into Rogue’s room.
Logan shook his head, “he’s got it
bad.” Then he looked at Ororo, “meet
you down there ‘Ro.” He strode off
shaking his head at the bewildered man.
Remy hardly noticed but looked to the
door with the baby monitor tucked in his coat.
He watched Logan stop next to Hayley as Rogue’s door shut and he wrapped
his arm around Hayley’s shoulder. Remy
sighed and walked over to the door and snapped it open.
He looked in at his sister still
sleeping and smiled at her. He sighed
and started off to Hayley but Storm stopped him.
“Remy, what does her losing her ability
mean to you?” She lowered her gaze at
him.
“S’cool, Ah’m here to take care of her,”
he gave her a roguish grin.
Storm crossed her arms, “Did you think
that perhaps she is not used to being protected?”
Remy went to answer her but his mouth
stayed open and he shook his head. He
had to admit he was a little old fashion and liked the idea of her not going
against the Brotherhood or other mutants. Especially pregnant she didn’t belong
fighting or where she could get hurt and she had been there far more than she
should have. He liked the idea of
taking a normal looking Rayne and a normal Hayley and settling down. He would do what he could to provide for
them and he would take care of his Rayne and Hayley. He smiled at the thought and looked to Ororo. “She gon’ have ta get used to it, non?”
“It’s not her nature, Remy,” Storm sighed. She touched his shoulder and moved away as they began to walk closer to Hayley. Storm left them with a little wave.
Hayley turned to Remy but he could tell
Storm was right, Hayley wasn’t accepting this well. He touched her face, “Ah’m glad to have you back.”
She looked up at him with sad eyes but
smiled at him, “I missed you too.” She
caught his thumb as he stroked it over her face and folded herself into his
arms with a sigh. She felt safe with
him, as she had Logan years ago but the emotions that flowed between them kept
her from wanting to run.
He cupped her head so she was looking at
him, “Somet’ing else Ah missed.” He
smiled at her and let his lips find hers but pulled away slowly remembering how
easily she had been spooked before.
“Dis okay, Chere?” She nodded
and he kissed her again feeling she was a little like the woman he had met
again. He deepened the kiss as his hot
Cajun blood caught fire and he found himself pinning her to the wall as his
tongue found hers. They pressed their
bodies together and they found each other’s hands in the others hair. He had
missed her kiss he thought to himself breathlessly as he pulled back to see her
looking at him with the same winded expression.
Hayley was surprised she hadn’t been
haunted by Creed’s memory yet and she felt Remy’s hand travel to her abdomen
and she swallowed hard. “Are you all
right with this child?” She let
her hand find his removing it from her stomach.
“Fine with it,” he smiled and he hoped it
would be as easy as he thought it would be. To prove his point he kissed her
head.
Hayley’s eyes filled with tears and she
looked away.
He furrowed his brow, “Hayley, now what’s
wrong?”
“Nothing,” she smiled, “it’s fine.”
He almost laughed but grabbed her to him
and kissed her neck as they walked on to see how Justice was.
Ally looked up to see Logan walking in
the infirmary with a scolding look and she sat up straighter wondering if it
was her this time.
“I thought you were going to sleep,”
Logan barked as he came closer but he took her into his arms. “You need to rest,” he said softly in her
ear and kissed her lips lightly.
The sound of somebody clearing their
throat came from Reg and Logan shook his head grabbing Ally by the wrist and
taking her out of the med lab.
“Justice needs surgery and Henry needs me
here,” she sighed looking at the infirmary door. “Alex isn’t herself.”
Logan barely paid attention as he
couldn’t take his eyes from her face as she spoke, particularly her lips, “So,
I’ll wait with you.”
“You don’t have to,” she smiled tiredly
but he caught her up in a strong embrace and kissed her hard letting his hand
travel down her spine. A giggle caught
in her throat as she felt his hand travel to her zipper and she reached to
catch his hand.
He pulled back happy with just kissing
her and knowing she was safe and backed away to take in her flushed features
and smiled. He bent down to kiss her
again with a groan of restraint. “Making this hard, Darlin’.”
She laughed and pulled from his embrace,
“ME?”
He kissed her lips, softly seeing her lips
looking redder from his kiss and touched her face, “I’m staying with you
because somebody’s gonna make sure you get some sleep.”
She laughed and crossed her arms, “how’s
that?”
“You can sleep on one of the beds until
you’re needed,” he crossed his arms, “I’ll wake you if you’re needed.”
Ally watched him and knew he would feel
better if she slept and she was tired.
“Well, if I get sleepy, I will lay down ok?”
He nodded and touched her hair lightly,
“No, but it’ll do.” He smiled ruefully
at her and followed her back into the infirmary. Who would have thought that he and Ally would have made a
couple? It baffled him still to think
that he was a father.
Logan caught sight of Hayley and Remy
walking and talking with the occasional personal gesture when they thought
nobody was looking. Remy would wrap his
fingers in her hair and Hayley seemed to feel at home with her head on his
chest. He watched Hayley slow their
pace as she looked up to his taller frame and touched his face and Remy pulled
her into a kiss. He sighed thinking
they looked like newlyweds who couldn’t keep their hands off each other but he
knew that absence could do that to a guy.
Logan didn’t stop watching them wrapped up in the old feeling that he
had once knew with Hayley and he had to admit to himself she looked happier and
more care free than she had been with him.
He watched Remy picked her up as he kissed
her and held her up as if to cherish her but Hayley only laughed and slid back
to meet his mouth. They seemed to kiss
for a long time and were oblivious to anybody else as Remy pushed Hayley
against the wall and Hayley wrapped a leg around him breathless.
Logan shook his head and was about to make
a noise to remind them they were in public view, as he smelled the familiar
smells of their bodies wanting sex. Before he could say a thing Remy’s hand
traveled along Hayley’s side and he kissed her hard whispering something but a
shadow passed over Hayley’s face. She stopped her prequel smells to sex and
stared at him scared and ready to run but Remy didn’t seem to notice as he
kissed neck and concentrated on her ear.
Logan growled lowly not liking the look of
this scene and lunged at Remy knocking him from Hayley.
Remy shook his head and stared at Logan
hard, “Problem mes ami?” He hissed at
the man, upset for the disturbance.
What he saw was Logan taking Hayley into his arms protectively and he
flew to his feet. “Wolverine, Ah don’t
t’ink dis de time.” He pushed at Logan
to move away from Hayley.
“Maybe you ought to think, Gumbo,” Logan
grunted, “I don’t think she wants ya right now.”
Remy narrowed his eyes angrily but he saw
Hayley pushing tears from her eyes and realized she had been spooked when they
were kissing. “Hayley?”
“I’m fine, Logan,” Hayley said touching
Logan’s arm lightly, “it’s not his fault.”
Then she turned to Remy and met his eyes, “It’s not you, Remy.”
Remy reached out to take her from Logan’s
nature and Logan snarled at him but Hayley gently stepped away from Logan.
“Lo, I’m ok,” Hayley sighed finally
feeling the uncomfortable feeling pass. She pulled her hair out of her face and
let Remy take her hand. Before Remy
could pull her from Logan she hugged Wolverine again and grasped his head to
hold it still as she met his eyes, “I love him, Lo. He won’t hurt me.”
The words struck Wolverine like a knife
for some reason as he watched her walking away snuggling up to Remy’s
chest. Remy looked back at Logan with
mixed emotions and Logan was sure one of them was that Remy wanted to stick a
charged charge up Logan’s ass. Remy
held Hayley a little differently now as they walked into the infirmary, gone
was the look of two newlyweds but now they looked more like they were going to
a funeral.
Remy brushed his hand against her cheek
as he held her, “Chere, why didn’t you tell me you were uncomfortable?”
Hayley shrugged, “Happens fast and my
reactions are a bit frozen.”
Remy stepped in the infirmary to see Ally
and Alex smiling at their sister. He
sighed knowing she would be taken from him before they could discuss it, again. He cupped her face in his hands. “I’ll take care of you, Hayley.” He brushed his lips across her head. “Don’t be afraid to tell me anything or ask
for anything.”
Hayley nodded still shaking, “I tried to
stop Logan and my fire didn’t work.”
“It don’t matter, Chere,” He assured her,
“Ah’m here.”
“I was wondering when you would get here,”
Ally’s voice broke them apart as she came forward with a smile until she
noticed Hayley’s expression. “What’s
the matter?”
Hayley sighed, “I’m not mutant anymore.”
Ally frowned, “we can talk to Hank about
it later.”
Hayley shrugged and sat down in a chair
trying to look nonchalant with a sigh, “it’s not like I need it right now.”
Ally looked over at Alex who silently
seemed to agree, “You are dependent on it.” Alex pointed out.
“Best to get it straightened out,” Ally
agreed.
Hayley nodded and curled her knees into
the chair with her.
Remy looked around and then to Ally and
Alex, “Any word on Justice?”
“Not yet,” they said together and Logan
made his way in slowly. He began to
laugh as he looked at Hayley. He looked
at the other people a bit upset.
“Nobody saw this?” He glared at Remy as he walked over to pick
up Hayley who had fallen asleep in the chair.
Remy bent down and picked her up in his
arms before Logan could and Ally directed Remy to a bed as she lifted a
blanket. Remy put her down but frowned
as Ally covered her up.
“Ah could take her upstairs,” Remy
offered and it was obvious he didn’t want to leave her there.
“Y’know, Cajun,” Logan snarled, “I am
beginning to wonder about you.” They
all seemed to understand he meant his relation with Hayley.
“Don’t homme,” he crossed his arms to
face him, “We doing fine.”
Ally cut Logan a look that said ‘back
off.’ She looked to Remy and smiled, “I bet that Rayne’s going to wake up soon
and would love to see you.”
Alex picked up on her cue, “Hayley’s
not going anywhere, Remy. Ally can contact you when Justice is out and I am
sure Rayne would love to see you when she wakes up.” Alex spoke as she always did to Remy but she couldn’t look him in
the eye or even in his direction.
Remy looked at Logan who also seemed
please with the idea and Remy touched Hayley’s hair and kissed her lips
lightly. “Ah’ll be back, mon amis.”
Ally smiled looking quite tired herself
but Remy smiled at her and ran from the infirmary hoping to be the first face
his sister would see.